| Molecular complexity of successive bacterial epidemics deconvoluted by comparative pathogenomics SB Beres, RK Carroll, PR Shea, I Sitkiewicz, JC Martinez-Gutierrez, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (9), 4371-4376, 2010 | 192 | 2010 |
| Plasmid copy-number control and better-than-random segregation genes of pSM19035 share a common regulator AB De la Hoz, S Ayora, I Sitkiewicz, S Fernández, R Pankiewicz, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (2), 728-733, 2000 | 177 | 2000 |
| Secreted bacterial phospholipase A2 enzymes: better living through phospholipolysis I Sitkiewicz, KE Stockbauer, JM Musser Trends in microbiology 15 (2), 63-69, 2007 | 137 | 2007 |
| Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis RJ Olsen, I Sitkiewicz, AA Ayeras, VE Gonulal, C Cantu, SB Beres, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (2), 888-893, 2010 | 119 | 2010 |
| Central role of a bacterial two-component gene regulatory system of previously unknown function in pathogen persistence in human saliva SA Shelburne III, P Sumby, I Sitkiewicz, C Granville, FR DeLeo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (44), 16037-16042, 2005 | 106 | 2005 |
| Extensive adaptive changes occur in the transcriptome of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) in response to incubation with human blood L Mereghetti, I Sitkiewicz, NM Green, JM Musser PloS one 3 (9), e3143, 2008 | 99 | 2008 |
| Emergence of a bacterial clone with enhanced virulence by acquisition of a phage encoding a secreted phospholipase A2 I Sitkiewicz, MJ Nagiec, P Sumby, SD Butler, C Cywes-Bentley, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (43), 16009-16014, 2006 | 99 | 2006 |
| Growth Characteristics of and Virulence Factor Production by Group A Streptococcus during Cultivation in Human Saliva SA Shelburne III, C Granville, M Tokuyama, I Sitkiewicz, P Patel, ... Infection and immunity 73 (8), 4723-4731, 2005 | 97 | 2005 |
| Identification and Characterization of an Antigen I/II Family Protein Produced by Group A Streptococcus S Zhang, NM Green, I Sitkiewicz, RB LeFebvre, JM Musser Infection and immunity 74 (7), 4200-4213, 2006 | 79 | 2006 |
| The First NDM Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolate in Poland: Evolution of IncFII-Type Plasmids Carrying the blaNDM-1 Gene J Fiett, A Baraniak, R Izdebski, I Sitkiewicz, D Żabicka, A Meler, K Filczak, ... Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 58 (2), 1203-1207, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| Remodeling of the Streptococcus agalactiae transcriptome in response to growth temperature L Mereghetti, I Sitkiewicz, NM Green, JM Musser PLoS One 3 (7), e2785, 2008 | 71 | 2008 |
| Maltodextrin Utilization Plays a Key Role in the Ability of Group A Streptococcus To Colonize the Oropharynx SA Shelburne III, P Sumby, I Sitkiewicz, N Okorafor, C Granville, P Patel, ... Infection and immunity 74 (8), 4605-4614, 2006 | 71 | 2006 |
| Lateral gene transfer of streptococcal ICE element RD2 (region of difference 2) encoding secreted proteins I Sitkiewicz, NM Green, N Guo, L Mereghetti, JM Musser BMC microbiology 11, 1-12, 2011 | 65 | 2011 |
| Transcriptome adaptation of group B Streptococcus to growth in human amniotic fluid I Sitkiewicz, NM Green, N Guo, AM Bongiovanni, SS Witkin, JM Musser PLoS One 4 (7), e6114, 2009 | 64 | 2009 |
| Expression Microarray and Mouse Virulence Analysis of Four Conserved Two-Component Gene Regulatory Systems in Group A Streptococcus I Sitkiewicz, JM Musser Infection and immunity 74 (2), 1339-1351, 2006 | 64 | 2006 |
| Inhibitor of streptokinase gene expression improves survival after group A streptococcus infection in mice H Sun, Y Xu, I Sitkiewicz, Y Ma, X Wang, BD Yestrepsky, Y Huang, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (9), 3469-3474, 2012 | 62 | 2012 |
| How to become a killer, or is it all accidental? Virulence strategies in oral streptococci I Sitkiewicz Molecular oral microbiology 33 (1), 1-12, 2018 | 52 | 2018 |
| The clinical view on Streptococcus anginosus group–opportunistic pathogens coming out of hiding M Pilarczyk-Zurek, I Sitkiewicz, J Koziel Frontiers in microbiology 13, 956677, 2022 | 47 | 2022 |
| Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes virulence factors by multiplex PCR AL Borek, K Obszańska, W Hryniewicz, I Sitkiewicz Virulence 3 (6), 529-533, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| Pyogenic streptococci–danger of re-emerging pathogens I Sitkiewicz, W Hryniewicz Polish Journal of Microbiology 59 (4), 219, 2010 | 46 | 2010 |
